For The Madera Tribune
Pearl Harbor Day, December 7
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
Bill Coate
Jennie Mace lands in Madera
For The Madera Tribune Jennie Mace (seated) relaxes with a friend along the banks of the Fresno River in Madera County sometime near the...
Bill Coate
Early Madera history: a series of ‘firsts’
For The Madera Tribune The second floor of Madera’s first hotel is shown here as it looked in 1990. Captain Mace would have rolled over...
Bill Coate
Madera’s top cop had a forgiving heart
For The Madera Tribune Madera Police Chief Walter Thomas was in a playful mood. He wasn’t quite so jovial a few months later when the...
Bill Coate
Fresno Flats lost out to Oakhurst
For The Madera Tribune Oakhurst was once Fresno Flats, which is shown here circa 1880. John Robert Nichols has been given credit for...
For The Madera Tribune
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
Bill Coate
Madera’s principal stood up to the Klan
From the Author’s Collection In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan experienced a revival and made its presence felt in communities all over the...
Bill Coate
The Brammer Building still stands tall
For The Madera Tribune Brammer’s shoe store was a pioneer establishment on Yosemite Avenue that bent with the times and survived. It...
